{"id":175676,"date":"2025-07-16T23:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T23:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/175676\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T23:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T23:56:10","slug":"nikola-jokics-extension-jonas-valanciunas-greek-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/175676\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic&#8217;s extension, Jonas Valanciunas&#8217; Greek offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Bennett Durando and sports editor Matt Schubert reconvene following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/07\/12\/daron-holmes-ii-achilles-injury-recovery-nuggets-summer-league-rookie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DaRon Holmes II\u2019s glorious return to NBA Summer League<\/a>. Among the topics discussed:<\/p>\n<p>Nikola Jokic caused a stir in NBA circles by \u2026 doing nothing?! Denver\u2019s MVP center became extension-eligible last week but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/07\/08\/nikola-jokic-declines-contract-extension-denver-nuggets-salary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">declined to sign on the dotted line<\/a>, according to league sources. Here\u2019s why Nuggets fans need not freak out \u2014 yet.<br \/>\nJonas Valanciunas caused a stir in NBA circles by \u2026 visiting Greece?! The recently acquired backup to Jokic was offered a three-year contract by EuroLeague power Panathinaikos, and Valanciunas signaled mutual interest by visiting Greece. Yet the Nuggets hold all the cards. What happens next?<br \/>\nNuggets big man DaRon Holmes II returned to NBA Summer League a year after rupturing an Achilles tendon at the very same venue. How did the second-year player look? And how might he slot into what\u2019s becoming a deep Nuggets rotation?<br \/>\nWith the Cam Johnson-MPJ trade now complete, the fellas ponder if the Nuggets might now have a better starting five than when the franchise won the NBA title in 2023.<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s Denver\u2019s best public park? You better believe the fellas have some opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the podcast<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/nuggetspodcast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SoundCloud<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/nuggets-ink\/id1340404621?mt=2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6GeKxePNZXCJHbrE4yTe2k?si=l6SFF4xuQx6LeH23tLc5_A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLSIh8dZJvvLVwk1sx7rIkhBvrxlxq8JUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube Music<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/users\/soundcloud:users:287723305\/sounds.rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Producer: AAron Ontiveroz<br \/>Music: \u201cThe Last Dragons\u201d by Schama Noel<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/newsletter-signup\/nuggets-insider\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Want more Nuggets news? Sign up for the Nuggets Insider to get all our NBA analysis.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Bennett Durando and sports editor Matt Schubert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[7,1828,2288,301,187,3943,6890,165,252,6,253,302,5890,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-175676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-nuggets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cam-johnson","10":"tag-daron-holmes","11":"tag-denver","12":"tag-denver-nuggets","13":"tag-denvernuggets","14":"tag-jonas-valanciunas","15":"tag-latest-headlines","16":"tag-more-nuggets-news","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-nikola-jokic","19":"tag-nuggets","20":"tag-nuggets-ink-podcast","21":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114865621660856266","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}